Westward Thoughts

It’s that time, time for us to make our resolutions to be better people, to be healthier people, and to change our lives for the better. Every New Year is a new opportunity to start fresh or so it feels. Don’t you feel that way like this could be the beginning of a new life the life that we spent all last year dreaming of? I know that I am always optimistic for at least the first 30 days of the New Year. But, this year when I think about the person I was in 2008 and the changes that have taken place in my life in the past year I know that this will be a life-changing year.

Predictability is so boring! I should know because after 31 years I have become so predictable to most of the people in my life. I have been missing living my life and become like a well-oiled machine going to work, going to school, and jumping the minute someone says that they need my help. That’s me predictable. The one you can call on anytime you need something, the one you can come to for advice, the one who is always willing to listen and help out. I don’t know from day to day how my life will play out but the people around me do.

A leap of faith is defined as the act or an instance of believing or trusting in something intangible or incapable of being proved. Have you ever thought about what makes us want to take a leap of faith, what makes us want to trust something without requiring that that trust is earned in some way? We take leaps of faith in religion and relationships; heck life in general is a daily leap of faith. We must get out of bed every morning, get dressed, go to work and trust that we will make it back home to our own beds at night.

I recently decided to start blogging in hopes that I can maintain some sanity amongst all of the changes that my life is currently taking. Although, I am sure that it may be impossible to maintain something that I probably never had to start with, at any rate this will be my attempt to purge myself of thoughts that constantly cloud my mind. I have found that taking on commitment and letting go of commitments can take up a lot of unnecessary room in the mind.